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The world's most prominent human population geneticists have publicly criticized the people who claim genetic research supports the notion of biological races, and the unfounded inferences derived from that notion.

— Daniel J. Fairbanks Everyone is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race (2015)

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A better understanding of what science tells us about human genetic diversity is of immense importance, particualrly because it dispels false notions of what race is.

Everyone is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race (2015)

There are those who still believe that notions of racial purity are biologically and theologically sound, and therefore desirable, in spite of the fact that current genetic evidence has obliterated all justification for such notions.

Everyone is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race (2015)

Under the guise of eugenic improvement and racial purity, and what the implementation of eugenic measures could supposedly do to improve human society, notions of racial superiority continued in popularity, but with a purported scientific foundation.

Everyone is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race (2015)

So-called racial differences in IQ scores are more a consequence of disparities in socioeconomic status and the quality of education than of any genetic differences between ethnic groups. Efforts to improve educational quality and opportunity can increase the economic benefits associated with increased educational achievement.

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